Over 12 lakh houses sanctioned for urban poor under PMAY (Urban)

NEW DELHI: Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), launched in June last year, a total of 12,27,088 affordable houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas have so far been approved with a total central assistance commitment of Rs. 19,682 cr of which Rs.6,172 cr has been already released.

This was stated by Minister of State for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 16 Nov, 2016.

The Minister further said that construction of 2,21,373 houses has started of which 48,236 have been built.

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